diff --git a/src/iso19111/factory.cpp b/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
index 578503033f..0ef07337b3 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/factory.cpp
@@ -1433,9 +1433,17 @@ AuthorityFactory::AuthorityFactory(const DatabaseContextNNPtr &context,
 AuthorityFactoryNNPtr
 AuthorityFactory::create(const DatabaseContextNNPtr &context,
                          const std::string &authorityName) {
-
-    auto factory = AuthorityFactory::nn_make_shared<AuthorityFactory>(
-        context, authorityName);
+    const auto getFactory = [&context, &authorityName]() {
+        for (const auto &knownName : {"EPSG", "ESRI", "PROJ"}) {
+            if (ci_equal(authorityName, knownName)) {
+                return AuthorityFactory::nn_make_shared<AuthorityFactory>(
+                    context, knownName);
+            }
+        }
+        return AuthorityFactory::nn_make_shared<AuthorityFactory>(
+            context, authorityName);
+    };
+    auto factory = getFactory();
     factory->d->setThis(factory);
     return factory;
 }
diff --git a/src/iso19111/io.cpp b/src/iso19111/io.cpp
index 2aec5fac30..e0e6152a64 100644
--- a/src/iso19111/io.cpp
+++ b/src/iso19111/io.cpp
@@ -5669,10 +5669,7 @@ static BaseObjectNNPtr createFromUserInput(const std::string &text,
         DatabaseContextNNPtr dbContextNNPtr(NN_NO_CHECK(dbContext));
         const auto &authName = tokens[0];
         const auto &code = tokens[1];
-        static const std::string epsg_lowercase("epsg");
-        auto factory = AuthorityFactory::create(
-            dbContextNNPtr,
-            authName == epsg_lowercase ? Identifier::EPSG : authName);
+        auto factory = AuthorityFactory::create(dbContextNNPtr, authName);
         try {
             return factory->createCoordinateReferenceSystem(code);
         } catch (...) {
diff --git a/test/unit/test_crs.cpp b/test/unit/test_crs.cpp
index 427fd741aa..e896853f0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_crs.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/test_crs.cpp
@@ -2281,6 +2281,38 @@ TEST(crs, projectedCRS_identify_db) {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+TEST(crs, projectedCRS_identify_wrong_auth_name_case) {
+    auto dbContext = DatabaseContext::create();
+    auto factoryAnonymous = AuthorityFactory::create(dbContext, std::string());
+    auto obj =
+        WKTParser()
+            .attachDatabaseContext(dbContext)
+            .setStrict(false)
+            .createFromWKT(
+                "PROJCS[\"World_Cylindrical_Equal_Area\","
+                "GEOGCS[\"GCS_WGS_1984\","
+                "DATUM[\"D_WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS_1984\","
+                "6378137.0,298.257223563]],"
+                "PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0.0],"
+                "UNIT[\"Degree\",0.0174532925199433]],"
+                "PROJECTION[\"Cylindrical_Equal_Area\"],"
+                "PARAMETER[\"False_Easting\",0.0],"
+                "PARAMETER[\"False_Northing\",0.0],"
+                "PARAMETER[\"Central_Meridian\",0.0],"
+                "PARAMETER[\"Standard_Parallel_1\",0.0],UNIT[\"Meter\",1.0],"
+                "AUTHORITY[\"Esri\",54034]]"); // should be ESRI all caps
+    auto crs = nn_dynamic_pointer_cast<ProjectedCRS>(obj);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(crs != nullptr);
+    auto res = crs->identify(factoryAnonymous);
+    ASSERT_EQ(res.size(), 1U);
+    const auto &ids = res.front().first->identifiers();
+    ASSERT_EQ(ids.size(), 1U);
+    EXPECT_EQ(*(ids.front()->codeSpace()), "ESRI");
+    EXPECT_EQ(ids.front()->code(), "54034");
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 TEST(crs, mercator_1SP_as_WKT1_ESRI) {
 
     auto obj = PROJStringParser().createFromPROJString(